CALL FOR PAPERS ~ WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE<BR>IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION?<BR><BR>The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning<BR>(<A href="http://www.irrodl.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>www.irrodl.org</FONT></A>) is putting out this Call for Papers in collaboration<BR>with five other scholarly journals. IRRODL is launching this call for<BR>research and �good practices� papers (to be published in 2008)<BR>concerning distance education and the right to education (in particular<BR>reference to Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights<BR>of December 10th, 1948):<BR><BR>"What is the role of distance education in the implementation of the<BR>right to education? How is distance education involved when education is<BR>seen as a right? What is its position in educational policy, as a factor<BR>of quality and an instrument for liberty? Do the technologies of<BR>distance education act
as enablers or barriers to achieving the<BR>universal right to education?" ( <A href="http://www.hrweb.org/legal/udhr.html" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.hrweb.org/legal/udhr.html</FONT></A> )<BR><BR>Authors can approach this theme from multiple points of view,<BR>pedagogical, sociological, economic, political, technical, legal,<BR>practical, etc.<BR><BR>* IMPORTANT * IRRODL is putting out this Call for Papers in<BR>collaboration with five other scholarly journals with international<BR>influence and readership in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania,<BR>North America, and South America:<BR><BR>Asian Journal of Distance Education: <A href="http://www.asianjde.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.asianjde.org/</FONT></A><BR>Distances et savoirs: <A href="http://www.cned.fr/ds" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>www.cned.fr/ds</FONT></A>, <A href="http://ds.revuesonline.com/" target=_blank><FONT
color=#0000cc>http://ds.revuesonline.com</FONT></A><BR>EURODL: <A href="http://www.eurodl.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.eurodl.org/</FONT></A> (agreement in principle)<BR>Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network:<BR><A href="http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/</FONT></A><BR>IRRODL: <A href="http://www.irrodl.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.irrodl.org/</FONT></A><BR>Open Praxis: <A href="http://www.openpraxis.com/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.openpraxis.com/</FONT></A><BR><BR>Final texts selected by each participating journal (subject to the<BR>outcome of the blind peer review process) will be published in their<BR>original language on a common website, with open access; they may also<BR>be published on the usual websites of the journals and in the printed<BR>versions of those journals, either in their original language
or<BR>translated.<BR><BR>Authors will benefit from a wide international dissemination, and their<BR>works will make up a common international reference regarding distance<BR>education and the universal question of the right to education.<BR><BR>WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE<BR>RIGHT TO EDUCATION?<BR><BR>Schedule:<BR>- October 2006: Call for Papers<BR>- January 31, 2007 : Deadline for submitting summaries of propositions<BR>for articles (500 to 1000 maximum words);<BR>- April 1, 2007 : Notification to authors of selected propositions;<BR>- December 1, 2007: deadline for submitting the first version of full text;<BR>- January 1, 2008: Final versions of texts;<BR>- Spring 2008: All selected texts published on common website of<BR>participating journals.<BR><BR>* IMPORTANT * If you wish to publish in the Asian Journal of Distance<BR>Education, Distances et savoirs, EURODL, the Journal of Asynchronous<BR>Learning Network, Open Praxis,
please refer to their respective URLs<BR>above for information on how to submit to those journals for this<BR>collaborative issue. Please ensure your query is marked: * WHAT IS THE<BR>ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT TO<BR>EDUCATION?*<BR><BR>* To submit to IRRODL * Abstracts are to be submitted using the OJS<BR>submission system at <A href="http://www.irrodl.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>www.irrodl.org</FONT></A> or by email to managing editor,<BR>Paula Smith, <A onclick="return rcmail.command('compose','paulah@athabascau.ca',this)" href="mailto:paulah@athabascau.ca"><FONT color=#0000cc>paulah@athabascau.ca</FONT></A> IRRODL's style guide and author<BR>information is available at:<BR><A href="http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/information/authors" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000cc>http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/information/authors</FONT></A><BR><BR>Articles must conform to the scholarly requirements and
standards<BR>maintained by IRRODL: research questions, theory, methodology, results,<BR>contextualisation and implications, references and, if applicable,<BR>appendices.<BR><BR>Scientific Committee: Terry Anderson (IRRODL), John Bourne (JALN),<BR>Reidar Roll (Open Praxis), Ramesh C Sharma (Asian, JDE), Alan Tait<BR>(EURODL), and Martine Vidal, Monique Grandbastien, et Pierre Moeglin<BR>(Distances et savoirs).<BR><BR>Editorial & Review Committee: Each paper will be reviewed by IRRODL<BR>editorial and review team members and new scholars recruited for their<BR>expertise in this domain. We are very pleased to have Barbara Spronk<BR>Ph.D. as the guest editor for IRRODL's special edition. In addition to<BR>her contribution as a faculty member at Athabasca University, Barbara<BR>served as the Executive Director of the International Extension College<BR>in the UK where she was involved with distance education and extension<BR>programming around the globe.<BR><BR>For more
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